Trump Fires State Department Inspector General Steve Linick

U.S. State Department Inspector General Steve Linick departs the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Oct. 2, 2019. Win McNamee/Getty Images

President Donald Trump late Friday informed Congress that he intends to remove State Department Inspector General Steve Linick.

“It is vital that I have the fullest confidence in the appointees serving as Inspectors General.” Trump said in a letter sent late Friday to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. “That is no longer the case with regard to this Inspector General.”